Climate change could bring China more frequent disasters and add a month to Beijing summer: report

Extreme weather events have been a dominant theme across the Pacific this summer, prompting Greenpeace experts in China to appeal for greater awareness of climate risk and response.

In cities in America’s Pacific northwest, including Portland and Seattle, the US National Weather Service saw record high temperatures in late June. The heatwave has killed about 200 people in the United States and about 500 people in British Columbia, Canada.